Caretene

Caretene (also Caretena) (born c. 456 – died September 16, 506) was the wife of Gundobad, king of the Burgundians.^[1] Unlike her husband, who was an Arian, Caretene was a Catholic.^[2]^[1] She was probably the mother of Sigismund of Burgundy.^[3]

According to her epitaph, Caretene was known for helping the poor, and encouraging clemency toward her husband's prisoners.^[4] She is credited with founding a monastic Church of St. Michael in Lyons.^[5] Most likely, this church is also where she was buried.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Mathisen, Ralph W.; Shanzer, Danuta (2012-07-04). The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE: Where France Began. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-099-4.
^ Harries, Jill (1994). Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome, AD 407-485. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-814472-4.
^ Hägermann, Dieter; Haubrichs, Wolfgang; Jarnut, Jörg (2013-02-18). Akkulturation: Probleme einer germanisch-romanischen Kultursynthese in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-090976-0.
^ Dailey, E. T. (2023). Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-765610-5.
^ Hen, Yitzhak; Meens, Rob (2004-03-11). The Bobbio Missal: Liturgy and Religious Culture in Merovingian Gaul. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82393-7.
^ Nicholson, Oliver (2018-04-19). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256246-3.

[:0-1] Mathisen, Ralph W.; Shanzer, Danuta (2012-07-04). The Battle of Vouillé, 507 CE: Where France Began. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-099-4.

[2] Harries, Jill (1994). Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome, AD 407-485. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-814472-4.

[3] Hägermann, Dieter; Haubrichs, Wolfgang; Jarnut, Jörg (2013-02-18). Akkulturation: Probleme einer germanisch-romanischen Kultursynthese in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-090976-0.

[4] Dailey, E. T. (2023). Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-765610-5.

[5] Hen, Yitzhak; Meens, Rob (2004-03-11). The Bobbio Missal: Liturgy and Religious Culture in Merovingian Gaul. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82393-7.

[6] Nicholson, Oliver (2018-04-19). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-256246-3.

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